Any idea on how to pronounce in french? Although we (will) have the books in english, we play in french and pronounce all names the ‘french’ way (with a strong belgian accent…)

Pronunciation

Submitted by Martin Helsdon on Fri, 24/05/2013 – 12:14.

> Any idea on how to pronounce in french?
I suspect that the pronunciations, even though taken from official sources, don’t really reflect ‘actual’ Gloranthan standards, but the versions used in one particular Knowledge Temple. As the names are derived from widely different cultures and even species (and I seriously doubt that a troll has the identical range of vowels and consonants as a human, given the size and shape of the uz mouth and tongue, and their pronunciation probably has components that are subsonic to human hearing) the list provides an artificial guide. Even where the names are from human cultures, I doubt that a speaker of New Pelorian would say them in the same way as, for example, a Theyalan (and then which Theyalan language?). For that matter, even speakers of the same Theyalan language are going to vary wildly by accent and dialect, even between settlements only a dozen miles apart.So, basically, however you want to say them…

Dehori and Dehore

Submitted by RoM on Thu, 23/05/2013 – 10:18.

I wonder if Dehori and Dehore are really pronounced differently.

Dehori and Dehore

Submitted by Martin Helsdon on Thu, 23/05/2013 – 11:07.

I used the glossary in ‘Trollpak’ and the Prosopaedia in ‘Gods of Glorantha’, which may, of course, be out of date.

Submitted by Markmohrfield on Wed, 22/05/2013 – 14:50.

Another typo (though i believe this one was copied from the source): Humakt HUMKT

Humct vs. Humakt

Submitted by Charles on Wed, 22/05/2013 – 21:51.

It may appear ‘obvious’ to us as non-Gloranthans that Humakt and Humct are the same entity. However, to the Orlanthi and the Westerners, it is not at all obvious that they are the same.
To the Orlanthi, Humakt is an honourable but scary deity of death and warriors.
To the Westerners, Humct was a sorcerer who, in his lust for power, explored the powers of death.
Western scholars identify Humct as an Erasanchula, a primal Runic being that predates humankind; Zzabur and Malkion are others. And perhaps some of those scholars would identify Humct and Humakt as one, but it would unlikely be general knowledge among Western warriors and/or peasants.
regards,
Charles

Humakt

Submitted by Martin Helsdon on Wed, 22/05/2013 – 15:18.

It was: from ‘Gods of Glorantha’; ‘Cults of Terror’ gives HEW-makt. As there were differences between the ancient and the renaissance sources in other names, I assumed the newer material would be correct…The online Prosopaedia (which I didn’t know about until today) gives

I can’t remember where I first read that joke, but it has been in (quiet) circulation for many years…

Typos

Submitted by Martin Helsdon on Wed, 22/05/2013 – 12:22.

> also Jalakeel JAHK-uh-LEEL >should presumably be Jakaleel -> JAHK-uh-LEELI warned there would be typos. 😎 Whilst I’ve modified my file, there doesn’t seem to be a way of making an edit to the initial post of a thread.